The Ayesha Chundrigar Animal Rescue has filed a petition in the Sindh High Court against the mass killing of animals being conducted throughout Karachi and Sindh after their rehabilitated dogs were found dead. In an announcement, the foundation shared that the primary purpose of the petition is to ensure that Government Authorities draft a uniform policy on how to contain the population of dogs in the city.

Prior to filing a petition, Ayesha, who is the founder of the animal shelter, shared an emotional video in which she shared that people were brutally killing dogs they had rehabilitated and released back on the streets.

Explaining the rehabilitation process, Ayesha said that when strays or injured dogs come to the shelter, they are taken care of, vaccinated and neutered and when they recover completely there are released into far off areas, such as Malir, marked as safe zones. These areas have less human population and are away from the city. Ayesha explained that once they are released, members and volunteers of the shelter keep an eye on the dogs and make sure they are doing fine.

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Sharing a particularly harrowing incident, Ayesha said that her team found two of their dogs dead with their legs tied up. According to her, the dogs were given poison after which their legs were tied together so that they don’t run away for help. The wounds on their bodies indicated that they were also tortured and beaten.

Ayesha added that she has no idea how to keep the remaining dogs safe. She said that this was not an isolated incident and dogs across the city are being killed and poisoned regularly. She said sometimes they are skinned and their meat taken. The activist further said that in such incidents, it is impossible to track the perpetrators and hold them accountable.

“Where is our society going,” questioned Ayesha. “It seems all these DMCs want to literally drive us to suicide. They are well aware that we are in Malir yet instead of working with us as we have asked them to countless times, they do this.”

“We can’t take it anymore. They win. We’ve fallen apart, trying like absolute fools in this lawless city of millions. Can’t do it anymore. We’re tired and hopeless and can’t keep looking for ways out,” she continued.

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TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ We have reached a new level of SICK in Karachi that we didn’t think was possible. Tying together two dogs after their bodies start convulsing in agony because you have given them poison. Tying their legs together so they don’t try to run away for help. These dogs were beaten and tortured as you can see from the wounds on their bodies. Really? THIS is what we NEED to do to protect our people from the ‘evil’ stray dogs around us? The mind that could think this up is what we need to protect people from. And what’s worse? This has happened across Malir in the far off areas where there are no people and where we release rehabilitated, happy, healthy dogs. Where we would go to feed them and check on them for the past 3 years. All our hundreds of dogs have been killed. We are urgently trying to relocate the few remaining ones but we don’t know where to take them. It’s got to a point where our team has not slept all night, we have been frantically looking for our dogs and we are now on a tight rope of having a collective nervous breakdown. It seems all these DMCs want to literally drive us to suicide. They are well aware that we are in Malir yet instead of working with us as we have asked them To countless times, they do this. We can’t take it anymore. They win. We’ve fallen apart, trying like absolute fools in this lawless city of millions. Can’t do it anymore. We’re tired and hopeless and can’t keep looking for ways out. We are using our own resources, vaccinating and neutering in the middle of COVID, risking our own lives, trying to collaborate with everyone and remain positive. And then this happens. All those dogs, the ones we’ve worked on so hard for the past 3 years. Dead. Like this. The awfully biased and uninformed mainstream media, those in power, those celebrities who care oh so much about everything and have a photo ready to post for a death or birthday or anytime they blink so they can make money, but cannot bother using their platform to stand up for ‘filthy’ strays, for the most vulnerable…if you can’t stand up for them, at least stand up for us, the people who are trying day and night to make a difference.

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To know more about ACF Animal Rescue and Ayesha Chundigar, watch The Current‘s feature on the shelter.

Following the incident, Feroze Khan requested his fans to be kind to animals.

Meanwhile, earlier, while hearing a case against the Marghazar Zoo, Chief Justice Islamabad High Court banned dog culling in the city.

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Meanwhile, KP has introduced a more humane way to contain the population of stay dogs. The KP Livestock Department has set up a special centre to neuter and vaccinate stray dogs. They are offering a cash reward to whoever brings in a stray dog.